Sash-curtain rod.



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UNITED STATES vPATENT OFFICE-.

LEWIS PRIDEAUX, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

sAsH-CURTAIN ROD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 698,223, dated April 22, 1902.

Application led March 11, 1901. Serial No. 50.632. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I; LEWIS `PRIDEAUX,"a citizenl of the UnitedStates, and a resident of the cityof Philadelphia., StateofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sash-Curtain Rods,of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part 0f this specication.

My invention relates to certain improvements in sash-curtain rods, and is particularly adapted to that class known as telescopic or expansion rods.

The principal object of my invention is to provide an improved means for securing the curtain-rods to the window-sash without the employment of screws or nails, or,in"0ther words, to provide a self-supporting rod,whichv can be easily and quickly applied in position or removed from the sash. This object is accomplished by providing an expanding rod with sharp hooks or points adjacent each of its ends adapted to be forced into the two opposing surfaces of the window-sash and be held in this suspended position by the tension of the expansible rod.

In the accompanying drawings, in which similar numerals of reference are used to indicate similar parts, Figure 1 is a sectional plan of a window sash andframe, showing myinvention applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a 1ongitudinal sectional View through the curtainrod. Fig.` 3 is a detail view illustrating the rod as supportedA by the Window-frame instead of-by the sash. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of one of the supporting-hooks detached from the rod.

Referring to the said drawings, l designates the curtain-rod, which comprises two sections 2 and 3, adapted to be telescoped one within the other, asclearly shown in Fig. 2. The tubular section 2 is closed at one end by means of a plug 4i, which is riveted or otherwise secured to the said section. A coiled spring 5 is interposed -in'this-section 2 between the plug 4 and the end of the section 3, the said spring serving to ezpand the rod for the purposes hereinafter described.

' Adjacent to the ends of the rod Al are se cured the hooks 6', which are so formed as to have their pointed ends extending outwardly in the same plane with the rod. These hooks 6 areprovidedwith airing-section '7, which fits over the plug '4 at'oneend'ofthe rod `and over the plug 8 at theI other end ofsaid rod. An'enlarged head 9 is provided'on eachof the plugs 4, which bears against the ring-section 7 and holds it irmly against the end ofthe rod. The plug 4, as before stated, is riveted or otherwise secured to the rod, and the plug 8 may be secured in a similar manner, or it may be threaded into a socket formed in the endV of the rod, as illustrated in Fig. 2 of the drawings. Each of the heads 9 is provided with a centrally-disposed prong, the functions of which will be hereinafter described.

In placing the rod in positionthe two sections comprising the same are telescoped and thespring 5 compressed;thusbringing the two hooks 6 closer together, sothat they may be placed against the inside edges of the sashframe 10 at a point about midway between the glass and the face of the sash. The expansion of the rod under the pressure exerted by the spring 5 will cause the points of the hooks to become embedded in the sash-frame. This action can be assisted by pressing the fingers against the hook in the event of the spring not having the proper power to force the same into the wood. The spring will exert sufficient power to maintain the hooks audrods in this position and can only be removed by slidingthe two sections of the rod together, which action withdraws the hooks from the sash, as will be readily understood.

InFig.' 3 ofthe drawings I have shown the curtain-rod as being supported on the inner edge of the Window-frame instead of on the sash. When this construction is used, the prongs l1, which are formed at each end of the said rod, are embedded into the sash by the power of the coiled spring 5 in the same manner as the hooks 6 are embeddedin the v sash. The rod in this case is removed'by telescoping the two sections of the rod in substantially the same manner as heretofore described.

It will be readily seen and understood from the foregoing description, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings,that I have provided a simple and ecient means forsecuring sash-curtain rods tothe window frame or sash and have therefore provided a IOO self-supporting rod which does away with the use of screws or nails. The device is simple in construction, inexpensive to manufacture, and can be applied to Windows of any width or shape. The peculiar form of the hook 6 holds the rod the proper distance from the sash, so that it will not be interfered with by the mullion of the windowsash.

Having thus described myinvention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination of the expansible rod l, bracket-sections 7 secured to each end of said red5 the inner ends of said brackets being bent inwardly and backwardly in the rear of i5 the rod, outwardly-extending points 6,forn1ed on the ends of said brackets, and auxiliary points ll formed on each end of the rod, whereby said rod `can be attached either to the edges of the sash or to the window-frame, zo substantially as described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 6th day of March, A. D. 1901.

LEWIS PRIDEAUX.

Witnesses:

JN0. T. CRoss, CHARLES II. SPEGKMAN. 

